Embodiment, Ego-Space, and Action

Edited by Roberta L. Klatzky, Brian MacWhinney, Marlene Behrmann

The majority of research on human perception and action examines sensors and effectors in relative isolation. What is less often considered in these research domains...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-6288-1 (Psychology Press)

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Unified Social Cognition

By Norman Anderson

This eagerly awaited volume presents Anderson's cumulative progress in unified social psychology. The research is grounded in the three fundamental laws of information integration theory....

July 2008 | Hardback: 978-1-84169-883-0 (Psychology Press)

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Handbook of Metamemory and Memory

Edited by John Dunlosky, Robert A. Bjork

This Handbook examines the interplay between metamemory and memory. Each contributor discusses cutting-edge theory and research that, in some way, showcases the symbiotic relationship between...

May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-6214-0 (Psychology Press)

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Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

Edited by Charles Crawford, Dennis Krebs

Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the adaptive problems early humans faced in ancestral human environments, the nature of the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5957-7 (Psychology Press)

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Artificial Psychology

The Quest for What It Means to Be Human

By Jay Friedenberg

Is it possible to construct an artificial person? Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have for decades been developing computer programs that emulate human...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5885-3 (Psychology Press)

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Aspects of Rationality

Reflections on What It Means To Be Rational and Whether We Are

By Raymond S. Nickerson

What does it mean to be rational – to reason well and effectively? How does rationality, broadly conceived, relate to the knowledge one acquires, the...

2007 | Hardback: 978-1-84169-487-0 (Psychology Press)

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Extending Intelligence

Enhancement and New Constructs

Edited by Patrick C. Kyllonen, Richard D. Roberts, Lazar Stankov

This volume presents research from a variety of perspectives on the enhancement of human intelligence. It is organized around five themes – enhancement via instruction;...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-4504-4 (Routledge)

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Mental Mechanisms

Philosophical Perspectives on Cognitive Neuroscience

By William Bechtel

A variety of scientific disciplines have set as their task explaining mental activities, recognizing that in some way these activities depend upon our brain. But,...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-6334-5 (Psychology Press)

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Intuition in Judgment and Decision Making

Edited by Henning Plessner, Cornelia Betsch, Tilmann Betsch

The central goal of this volume is to bring the learning perspective into the discussion of intuition in judgment and decision making. The book gathers...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-5741-2 (Psychology Press)

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Bridging Cognitive Science and Education: Learning, Memory and Metacognition

A Special Issue of the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Edited by Lisa Son, Andre Vandierendonck

The fields of cognitive science and education have worked hard to discover effective principles of learning with the goal of improving educational achievement. And although...

2007 | Hardback: 978-1-84169-835-9 (Psychology Press)

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